A green facade where bees find food, a roof that cools and retains rainwater and a row of nesting stones in the wall for swifts. In the future this will become more and more normal in Heerlen. The city council has adopted the policy framework 'Nature-inclusive building'. With this, the city is taking a big step toward building where nature is not an afterthought, but a natural part of every design.
Alderman Marco Peters of Management and Maintenance and Martien Nillesen of Weller, along with residents and volunteers, officially opened the newly landscaped garden at senior citizen complex De Eik.
Together with the tenants association of the Pancratiusflat and Woonzorg Nederland, the municipality of Heerlen contributed to greening the passageway at Op de Nobel. A collaboration between the housing corporation and residents also created a meeting space. Both the indoor and outdoor areas were festively opened by Alderman Marco Peters.
With the planting of a Bee Tree, Alderman Marco Peters (Management and Maintenance), together with initiators, children from Eikenderveld Elementary School and others involved, opened the Charles Hennen Park in Eikenderveld. It is now a beautiful place where everything grows and blossoms throughout the year and where local residents can meet.
Friday, April 25, the annual Lintjesregen in the municipality of Heerlen took place. A total of 10 Heerlen citizens received a royal decoration from His Majesty King Willem-Alexander and were appointed Member or Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.
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Starting at the beginning of this week, the bicycle parking lot on Akerstraat will again be open from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Saturday. On Sundays it will be from 12:00 to 18:00.
On May 4, it is Remembrance Day. We then commemorate all war victims. On May 5 it's Liberation Day. We celebrate the end of the Second World War in the Netherlands. Also in Heerlen we remember these two days. The municipality organizes on May 4 in cooperation with Comité 4 en 5 mei Heerlen, Joint Neighborhood Foundations Hoensbroek and SBWM/Viergebrook a memorial meeting in Heerlen and Hoensbroek.
